01 August 2010
Section 82 of the Companies Act,1956 empowers every share holder to transfer the shares subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association. Section 108 of the said act provides the following requirements to be satisfied for transfering the shares. 1. Prescribed transfer form (Form 7B)has to be used. 2. Form has to be duly stamped. 3. The transfer has been executed by and between the transferor and transfree. 4.The name, address ,occupation of the transfree must have to be specified. 5. Instrument of transfer is delivered to the company along with the share certificate with in a specified time (2 months)period.
Upon receipt of the transfer form company will convene a board meeting in which resolutions will be passed to transfer the shares. Transfer becomes complete and the transferee becomes a shareholder only when the transfer is registered in the company's register.